The world we have known is rapidly changing. Some changes generate awe, others wreck harm, some to the point of evil. It's time to measure ourselves by that which we are made--then reach for our "better angels."
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From Artemis II Mission around the moon this past week: “You know, homo sapiens is all of us, no matter where you are or what you look like, we’re all one people...This brought us together and showed what we can do, not just putting our differences aside but putting our differences together to build on the strengths and accomplish something great.”
--Astronaut Victor Glover
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And, a good time to reach back and remember a former posting...
We have a day
and a night.
Earth travels 'round the sun.
We have a year
of 365 spins.
In the back of beyond
are masses and gases
light and not light
infinity becomes finite
everything swirls...
everything.
Elements and forces come together
then come apart
again, and again.
Never-ending stories
of creation and death
again, yet again.
Stardust and debris
gravitated and became
a beautiful planet—Earth.
When water, air, and elements
were just right
we appeared
and live in bountiful
planetary richness
we strive to comprehend.
This took 4,500,000,000
orbits around
the sun...
and 265 industrial-age orbits
to hurt the gift
we were given.
Our short chapter also holds
the answers to heal
our beautiful friend.
We are stardust made of her elements.
We know what to do.
We know how to do it.
--JM
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